60seconds.travelWe are back from the greatest island-hopping ever&period; What a trip&excl; Here are the top things to do in Finland’s Archipelago - in rapid 60 seconds&period; Including medieval castles&comma; fluffy hippos and - of course - damn hot little cabins&excl;&NewLine;&NewLine;&sol;&sol;&sol;&sol;&sol; 60seconds&period;travel&period; We travel the world&period; In 60 seconds&period;&sol;&sol;&sol;&sol;&sol;&NewLine;&NewLine;Check out our website&colon; http&colon;&sol;&sol;60seconds&period;travel and follow us on &NewLine;Instagram https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;instagram&period;com&sol;60seconds&period;travel and&NewLine;Youtube https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;60secondsTravel&NewLine;&NewLine;It went all too fast&quest; You want the details&quest; No problem&period;&NewLine;Here are our recommendations in order of appearance&colon;&NewLine;&NewLine;00&colon;07 Archipelago Trail &NewLine;The Archipelago’s over 20&period;000 islands make for unforgettable bike tours&period; The famous Archipelago Trail starts in Turku&period; Numerous ferries take you further and further through lush forests and along beautiful coastal scenery&period; We drove up to Nauvo&comma; Länsi-Suomen Lääni&comma; Finland and then rented some bikes at the lovely Västergårdens B&B&period;&NewLine;&NewLine;00&colon;10 Gustavsvärn&NewLine;With islands come lighthouses&period; Lots of lighthouses&excl; Scenic boat trips from Hanko take you to some of them&period; We opted for Finland’s highest one – Bengtskär&period; But as the sea was too rough that day&comma; we went to Gustavsvärn instead&period; A really pretty alternative&comma; though you can’t go up on that one&period;&NewLine;&NewLine;00&colon;12 Jokikatu&comma; Porvoo&NewLine;One of the prettiest towns of the area is certainly Porvoo&period; We enjoyed exploring its historic centre and having a coffe in one of the occasional hipster cafés&period; Yes&comma; they ARE everywhere nowadays&period;&NewLine;&NewLine;00&colon;15 Turku Castle&NewLine;They say it’s the largest surviving medieval building in Finland&period; And we are glad it did&comma; as it is a nice change to the Brutalist architecture that defines lots of Finland’s cities&period; A must-see in Turku&excl;&NewLine;&NewLine;00&colon;19 Torpetin rantasauna mökki&comma; Täktom&comma; Hangö&NewLine;Chopping wood&comma; making a fire and relaxing in the sauna&period; A man’s dream&comma; right&quest; A holiday in the Archipelago isn’t complete without a stay in one of the traditional weekend cottages next to the sea&period; We chose a lovely cottage 8km outside of Hanko&period; More&colon; http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;lomahanko&period;fi&sol;preview&sol;141&sol;search&NewLine;&NewLine;00&colon;21 Outdoor Happiness Canoes&comma; Hanko&NewLine;When the laid-back vibe of Hanko becomes too laid-back for you&comma; there are plenty of sports you can choose from&period; We loved the canoeing and speeding down the beaches on e-bikes&period; Great fun&excl;&NewLine;More&colon; https&colon;&sol;&sol;tourism&period;hanko&period;fi&sol;en&sol;sea-activities&sol;&NewLine;&NewLine;00&colon;24 Hangon Casino&comma; Hanko&NewLine;Beware&excl; The Hangon Casino isn’t really a casino&comma; but a great restaurant and a perfect example for the exciting architecture of this pretty town&period; Good enough&comma; isn’t it&quest;&NewLine;&NewLine;00&colon;26 Hauensuoli&comma; Hanko&NewLine;This narrow strait can be reached on a cruise from Hanko und is nick-named the &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Guest Book of the Archipelago”&comma; as many sailors waited out storms here and carved their initials into the rocks&period; No&comma; you won’t find a &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Tim and Arne were here”&comma; don’t look for it&period; Too cheesy&period;&NewLine;&NewLine;00&colon;30 Luostarinmäen käsityöläismuseo&comma; Turku&NewLine;Imagine a mall of the 18th century – open-air&period; It’s a great shopping back in time&comma; with vendours dressed in traditional costumes&period; And these sweets were really delicious&excl;&NewLine;&NewLine;00&colon;32 Suomen Joutsen&comma; Forum Marinum&NewLine;This impressive full rigged &lpar;and former school&rpar; ship is part of the Forum Marinum museum in Turku&comma; a must-see for nautic buffs&period; Have fun on deck but please don’t do that Titanic scene&period; Just…don’t&period;&NewLine;&NewLine;00&colon;34 St&period; Henry's Ecumenical Art Chapel&comma; Turku&NewLine;Probably the most stylish chapel we have ever seen&period; Hidden in the outskirts of Turku&comma; it looks like a sunken ship from the outside&comma; and from the inside&comma; it’s a symmetrical wonder&excl; &NewLine;&NewLine;00&colon;36 Flowpark&comma; Turku&NewLine;This adventure park is more than a high ropes course – and better&period; The difficulty of the trails can be insane&comma; but that makes it so much fun&comma; which means Tim was swearing a lot…From May to October&period; More&colon; https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;flowpark&period;fi&sol;turku&sol;&quest;lang&equals;en&NewLine;&NewLine;00&colon;41 Moomin World&comma; Naantali&NewLine;You don’t know the Moomins&quest; Never tell that a Finn&excl; Better get educated in this lovely little theme park about Finland’s answer to Mickey Mouse&period; Get some pancakes and hug those fluffy hippos&excl;&NewLine;&NewLine;00&colon;44 Moose Safari&comma; Helsinki Area&NewLine;Who thought moose safaris could be so much fun&excl; The very sympathetic und knowledgable guide Joni Valkila took us to his secret spot where you can regularly spot those huge and quirky creatures&period; More&colon; http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;moosesafari&period;fi&sol;&NewLine;&NewLine;00&colon;46 Di Trevi&comma; Turku&NewLine;If you love eating &lpar;exactly&comma; who doesn’t&rpar;&comma; you have to get the Food Walk Card in Turku&excl; It allows you to pick 5 out of 10 restaurants to start your tasting tour&period; And the places are among the best in the area&excl; More&colon; http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;visitturku&period;fi&sol;en&sol;turku-food-walk&lowbar;en&NewLine;&NewLine;00&colon;49 Hangon Casino&comma; Hanko&NewLine;Finns in this area love their crayfish&comma; and the Hangon Casino is famous for it&period; Make sure you are not too hungry&comma; because it takes time and lots of crayfish to fill up a slice of toast&period; But it’s so yummy&excl;&NewLine;&NewLine;00&colon;53 Hanko Beach&comma; Hanko&NewLine;Yes&comma; they do have beaches&period; Hanko’s most famous one has very instagrammy little huts and a very strange carousel in the middle of the sea&period; One for your &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;weird things to do” bucket list&period;&NewLine;&NewLine;00&colon;56 Itämeren Portti&comma; Hanko&NewLine;It’s not surprising to note that they have saunas in the Archipelago&period; But these are exceptional&excl; A small ferry brings you out to the guest harbour of Hanko where they built some beautiful cabins with gangways directly into the sea&period; If you don’t like it very hot and very cold&comma; at least have sauna beer and enjoy the sunset&excl;&NewLine;&NewLine;01&colon;03 Låna Boats&comma; Turku&NewLine;The most relaxing way of exploring Turku are these small electric boats on the river Aura&period; Take a picnic basket with you or buy some snacks on the pier and off you go&excl;&NewLine;&NewLine;01&colon;04 Panimoravintola Koulu&comma; Smör&comma; Ravintolalaiva Donna&comma; Turku&NewLine;Other examples for great dining in Turku&excl; The first two can also be booked with the Food Walk card&comma; the Koulu serving typical Finnish sausages and Smör being the haute cuisine star of Turku&period; End your day with great cocktails and views on one of the boats on the Aura river&period;&NewLine;&NewLine;Thanks to public link - PR agency Berlin&comma; Visit Turku and Visit Hanko for making this possible&period; ... 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